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These were followed by the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Quebec separatist Bloc Quebecois.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025 -
The separatists attacked the train carrying about 450 people Tuesday in a tunnel in a remote part of southwestern Balochistan province.—
Abdul Sattar and Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The base was originally named for Lt. Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Monuments to old secessionists and segregationists had fallen across the country.—
Charles King,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2021
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Both stances are conceivable within the capacious framework of the book, and that is perhaps why radicals and conservatives alike have found support for their arguments in its pages.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The group's site recommends against using Molotov cocktails, as several radicals across the country have, in favor of more effective devices.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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